Throughout the story and the original novel, the symbolic use of mirrors abound. I think much deeper it's dealt with in the original book by Gaston Leroux, and somewhat alluded to in different terms in the movie. Nevertheless, let's take a look at the reflection in the mirror and see what's there. What is a mirror? Basically, it's just a smooth shiny surface that forms an image by reflection. When we gaze into a mirror, our reflection returns to us, and we see ourselves through our own eyes. What reflection we see in our own mind can either be reality or distortion. Psychiatry research has actually termed a body image distortion disorder for those who look in the mirror and see themselves as something they are not. The image reflected in the mirror can have a profound effect upon us. Christine is faced with the mirror in her dressing room. The mirror calls to her to explore the depths of the Phantom and the one who has forged her inner self through his music. Through the mirror he calls to her, and bids her to look at her own image in the mirror. "Look at your face in the mirror. I am there inside!" What she discovers in the mirror is the reflection of the Phantom, who has become part of her, dwelling inside her mind, and now bids her into his world to know him as he truly is. She succumbs and in a trace like state follows him through the mirror to his domain.

In the book, the Phantom's torture chamber is a room of mirrors representing the true torture of his own life, which is the reflection of himself and the agony he feels. In the movie, we see all the mirrors are hidden and covered, until Christine removes his mask and uncovers his true appearance. In reaction, he pulls down the coverings over the mirror that reveal the ugliness and agony of his soul. Yet, the mirrors have deeper meanings behind them. As humans, we are visually driven and attracted toward outward beauty, which we highly value in others and in...

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Plot
The novel opens with a prologue in which Gaston Leroux claims that Erik, the "Phantom of the Opera", was a real person. We are then introduced to Christine Daaé. She and her father, a famous fiddler, traveled all over Sweden playing folk and religious music. Her father was known to be the best wedding fiddler in the land. When Christine is six, her mother dies and her father is brought to rural France by a patron, Professor Valerius.
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...The phantom of the opera is e novel by a French writer Gaston Lecroux. It was first published us a serialization in a French daily newspaper named “Le Gaulois” from September 1909 to January 1910.
This story sold very poorly upon publication
In book form and it was even out of print several times during the twentieth century . But the book is overshadowed by the success of its various film and stage adaptations
The most notable of these were the 1925 American silent horror film depiction and Andrew Webbers Musical on 1986
The story take place in Paris on nineth century and is a romantic drama with a little action . There are three main characters , Eric , Christine and Raoul. Un fortuanally they are a love triangle with cristine in the middle .
Raoul was cristine; s childhood friend . He saved her scarf from the sea and since they remained friends.
Cristine’s mother and father both being dead and she lives with Mamma Valerious , the elderly window of her father’s benefecrtor
Cristine’s father was a famous fiddler who played folk music and during her childhood Cristine listen many stories from her father about the “Angel of Music” who is the personification of musical inspiration. Before he died told her and Roul the story of Little Lotte , a girl who is visited by the Angel of the Music and possesses a heavenly voice
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...﻿The Phantom of the Opera
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The Phantom of the Opera
A Movie Review
Submitted by: Stephanie Pauline Dico
Submitted to: Mrs. Velasquez
September 24, 2012
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...﻿Book Report in English
Part I:
Title: The Phantom of the Opera
Author: Gaston Leroux
-was born in Paris in 1868, was a French journalist, playwright, and detective/thriller writer. Beginning his career as crime reporter and war—correspondent, he lived an adventurous life that took him to Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, and even into North Africa disguised as an Arab. His high-spirited, often dangerous, escapades and questioning nature provided much of his sensational mystery and adventure stories, particularly those starring his reporter-sleuth, Joseph Rouletable. One of his most famous detective novels, The Mystery of the Yellow Room, was published in 1907, and his works have been called “among the finest examples of the detective stories we posses.” But Leroux’s best-known story is The Phantom of the Opera (1911), whose macabre hero has been played in film by classic horror film stars Lon Chaney and Claude Rain. Gaston Leroux died in Nice in 1927.
Publisher: Signet Classic
Copyright date: 1987
Characters:
Erik — The "Phantom" and "Opera-Ghost", a deformed man (believed to be an Angel of Music)
Christine Daaé — A young Swedish soprano.
Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny — Christine's childhood friend and love interest.
The Persian — A mysterious man from Erik's past.
Comte Philippe de Chagny — Raoul's elder brother.
Moncharmin and Richard — The managers of the...

...﻿Summary of The Phantom of the Opera
Cristine Daae, a young soprano, has a unconventional relationship with the Phantom of the Opera. Raoul, a childhood friend of Christine, comes back to win over her heart. As the tension between these three heats up, everyone's fate seems to rest in Christine’s hands. Who will she choose? Her childhood sweetheart? Or her deepest desire?
Begins when an opera ghost terrorizes the cast and crew of the French Opera House while tutoring a chorus girl. He finally drives the lead soprano crazy so she and her friend leave. The girl is able to sing lead one night but the soprano doesn't want her show stolen so she comes back. The ghost demands they keep giving his protégé lead roles. Meanwhile, His pupil falls in love with the Vicomte de Chagny, but the Phantom is in love with Christine, his student. The Phantom is outraged by their love and kidnaps Christine to be his eternal bride. Will Raoul, the Vicomte, be able to stop this dastardly plan?
Famous Lines/Quotes in the movie The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom: Did I NOT instruct that Box 5 was to be left empty?
Meg Giry: He's here, the phantom of the opera!
Christine: It's him!
Carlotta: Your part is silent, little toad!
The Phantom: A toad, madam? Perhaps it is you who are the toad......